by FAIRNESS & ACCURACY IN REPORTING | Sep 2, 2023 | Racism (Us vs Them)
Republished with permission from FAIR, by Lara-Nour Walton “Yahtzee!! We’re full,” wrote Florida state operative Perla Huerta, once she had tricked enough desperate migrants to fill two Martha’s Vineyard–bound planes (CNN, 11/15/22). In the days leading up to her...
by John Pavlovitz | Aug 14, 2023 | Racism (Us vs Them)
Republished with permission from John Pavlovitz. The violent scene on the riverside in Montgomery could have gone quite differently. So many times in our nation’s history, it has. If video isn’t rolling and if bystanders don’t intervene to defend a black dock...
by Common Dreams | Aug 3, 2023 | Racism (Us vs Them)
Republished with permission from Common Dreams, by Abby Zimet Currently stirring the culture war pot is a new, incendiary, “almost comically offensive” pro-lynching anthem by country singer Jason Aldean, who posed with his redneck band at the site of an...
by Common Dreams | Jul 24, 2023 | Racism (Us vs Them)
Republished with permission from Common Dreams, by Brett Wilkins Educators, historians, and civil rights leaders were among those who on Thursday condemned Florida’s new K-12 history curriculum as a “big step backward” for teaching that slavery gave...
by Florida Phoenix | Jul 22, 2023 | Racism (Us vs Them)
Republished with permission from Florida Phoenix, by Craig Pittman Last year I wrote a magazine story about James Weldon Johnson, one of the most remarkable Florida men ever. He was a Black lawyer, educator, poet, novelist, diplomat, and civil rights activist from...
by The Conversation | Jun 19, 2023 | Racism (Us vs Them)
The news was startling. On June 19, 1865, two months after the U.S. Civil War ended, Union Gen. Gordon Granger walked onto the balcony at Ashton Villa in Galveston, Texas, and announced to the people of the state that “all slaves are free.” As local plantation owners...